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Aug. 14, 1923. l 1,465,121

' C. VO. FEDDERN TICKET ISSUING MACHINE Filed Dec. 4, `1920 4 Sheets-Sheet l V] noauto@ cwi tneoooa C. O. FEDDERN TICKET IssUlNG MACHINE Aug. 14,1923. I 1,465,121

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. C. O. FEDDEVRN A TICKET ISSUINGMACHINE Filed Dec. 4, 1920 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 Aug. 14, 1923;A 1,465,121

C. 0./ EDDERN J v TICKET IssUINd MACHINE v Filed Dec. 4. 1920 sheets-smet 4 1 vwanloz l f Gitan,

- the tariff charged between the point o'f'issue.

Patented Aug. 14,1923.

cenno,v FEnDERN, or enmaaierowns,v PENNSYLVANIA, Assrsnoa rro GLOBE frioxnrr# COMPANY, or' PHILADELPHIM rENNsYnvnNm,i A. coRPoRATIoN or PENNSYL- VNIA. l

,1 TroKET-ISSUING MACHINE.'

f apjllicauori;ined-December 4, i920,"l serial no. 428,306.

To alli/)tem 'it may. concern." e l i i f Be 1t,v known that I, CARL ,@Fnnnnnmz acitizen of the United, States, residing at Germantown, 'Philadelphigu in the county, ol'

Philadelphia,v and tritate PennSylvania,` have invented new andusetul Improvements in Ticket-,lssumgr Machines, of which the following is al specification.

My Ypresent inv tion as ap )lied to the operation of electric orother rai ways, it providing "a relatively simple machine capable of operating aft relatively high speed to issue tickets rapidly, such tickets being appropriately marked to indicate'the zone, station, orl other point at which it was issued, the ticketbeing' surrendered by the passenger andthe fare paid` when the passengerA leaves the car, the amount of thefare tobe paid being'equal to of the ticket, as indicated thereon, and the point vat which thefpassenger leaves the car.

The particular objectvoil the present vin vention is to provide novel and improved means for punching or marking in an equiv# alent way, the ticketsto indicate thereon the point of issue, each ticket having,` a number of spaces representing different p'oints of issue, the machine h aving a shiftablepunch,1 or equivalent markingdevice.I which may be quickly -set andy operated to punch or markV the appropriate point of issue upon the ticket. .It is also `an object of the invention to provide nieansfwhichv will insure punching or mai-lering 'of the ticket accurately within the appropriate p0int-ofissuedesignating space thereof, the machine being capable ofi-icing restrajnedfrom operation unless it is :properly set. Punching or marking of A theticket partlyV in one space and partly in ntion relates to improvements in machines for issuing' tickets, checks,lor simi-lar devices, and. it.;pertains.,` more Aespecially toimachines of this type ,ca-V pable otvpuncliing, or similarly marking, such tickets, or checks with designations which `import `a delinitemeaning to` the ticket `or check; with reference to the intendaaiother VspaceV thereoffis thereby avoided;

,Tothese and other ends,uw the invention consists in certain improvements and com-VA binations and arrangements oilliarts,y all asA will be hereinafter more ful-1y described, thev features of novelty being pointed out 'par-'i ticuflarly kin the claims atA the end ofthe In i the accomp anyingdrawing` Y `Figuref 'l representsfa vertical section-v through a; ticket issui'i'ig` maehinejconsti-ucte d in accordanre with the preferred embodi ment of' the, present invention; Y yFigure l2 represents' a transverse section through the 'machine looking,l towardv the left in Figure l; y y

Figure 3 is adetail view showing, on ani enlarged scale`v` the markingr device in the form of a punch.Il and the severing devicein the form of a knife; f

Figure 4l, represents, on an enlarged scale, a `section ,taken horizontally throughthe' machine showingy the various mechanisms 'of the `malch'inein top4 plan, excepting the .75 indicator; l o y Y Figure 5 is adetail section, on anenlarged scale, of the controlling'means which restrains operation of the machine' unless properly set and which limits the machine at each operation, to the issuanceV of a singletieket. Y Figure 6 is aneXterior elevationlof the upper portion of the tront of the'machine, showing oneoaiV the sightopenings for the indicator. i Figure 7 illustrates one form of a ticket, or check adapted to be marked and issuedy by a machine. asherein shown .and described.

Similar p'arts are' designated'by the saine 9o reference characters in they several views.

The nnfention in' its present embodiment l is herein shownas applied to a machine for tickets from a ticket strip, and other features of construction and arrangement which will hereinafter appear. It is to be understood that the invention is not restricted to the precise construction and arrangement shown, as equivalent constructions and ai rangements are contemplated and Will be included within the scope of the claims.

In the present instance, the machine comprises a suitable frame l which serves to support the various elements or mechanisms of the machine, the frame, vtogether with the elements supported thereby, being suitably enclosed by a casing 2. The ticket or tickets to beV lissued by the machine are preferably printed or otherwise prepared in the form of a strip 3 which contains a suiti'ible number of tickets, and this strip is preferably Wound into a roll 4L Vwhich is adapted to be fitted upon a sleeve 5 journaled on a shaft 6 secured to one side of the frame, preferably in the bottom thereof, the opposite end of this shaft being unattached relatively tothe frame, in order to facilitate application of a fresh roll'of tickets. In some instances, it may be. preferable to fold the strip alter- `nately in opposite directions, or in zigzag form to make a bundle, instead of forming the strip into a roll I and in such instances, the bundle of tickets may be placed in the bottom of the casing of the machine with the folds of the ticket strip superposed. In such instances, the roll supportingJ sleeve and shaft may be omitted. The ticket strip is advanced intermittently or by a step-bystep movement to bring t-he tickets successively into position to be punched or marked, severed and issued. Preferably, feeding means is employed for the ticket strip which will advance the saine intermittently with precision so that each step of advance of the ticket strip is equal exactly to the length of the ticket on the strip, this insuring accurate registration of each ticket punching or marking means, and also the knife which severs the ticket from the strip. The ticket feeding means employed is also preferably of such a construction that during each step in the advance of the ticket strip, the ticket strip commences its movement slowly and with an acccleratingr speed until an intermediate stage in the advance of the ticket is reached, whereupon the speed of advance of the ticket strip diminishes and gradually ceases its movement as it approaches and reaches the end of its advancing movement, in order to avoid sudden movement or jerks upon the ticket strip which would give rise` to difficulties in the feeding of the ticket strip. The feeding means shown in the present instance for accomplishing these results, comprises a main feed rollT which is fixed on a shaft S, the latter being journaled at its ends in the o pposite sides of the main frame, the main feed roll having a circumference which is a multiple of the length of the ticket` the main feed roll has registering pins 9 which extend radially from its periphery, these pins being spaced circumferentially at intervals equal to the length of a ticket. The strip of tickets is provided with correspondingly spaced registering perforations lO, these perforat-ions beingr preferably formed in the strip before the ticket strip is placed in the machine, as the perforating of the strip may be performed conveniently atvthe time the tickets are printed. The registering perforations in the ticket strip are preferably located adjacent to the dividing lines between adjacent tickets so that when the tickets are severed from the strip, these iiiei'forations ivill appear' in an unused margin of the ticket, and hence they will not be confused ivith the marking perforations made in the ticket. The ticket strip is passed partially around the inain feed roll 7, as shown in Figure l, the registering pins 9 registering with and projecting through the corresponding perforations in the strip, the ticket strip being thus compelled to advance with the main feed roll to a degree which has a definite relation to the extent of advance of the feed roll. In order to insure the maintenance of proper engagement between the registering pins on the. niain feed roll and the perforations in the strip, a guard il is provided which has a surface which is concentric with the axis of the feed roll, this surface being arranged in close proximity to the periphery of the feed roll. The ticket strip passes through and is thus confined in the annular space betiveen the periphery of the feed roll and the guard, and disengagement of the perforated portions ofthe ticket strip from the registering pins on the feed roll is prevented. The tieket stri) passes tangentially from the periphery oA the main feed roll to a slot l2 in the easing, through which the ticket is issuedl a chute or shelf 153 being provided on the exterior of the casing, if desired, to forni a support upon which the issued ticket is delivered. ln order to assist the main feed roll 7 in feeding the ticket strip, a cooperative feed roll let is preferably provided ivhich has a periphery 'which is grooved as at l5 to straddle the registerinfsr 'pins on therinain feed roll, the portions of the periphery of the cooperating feed roll at opposite sides of the groove bearing on the outer side of the ticket strip. This cooil'ierative feed roll is driven at the saine pe ripheral speed as 'that of the inain feed roll, in order that the ticket strip, which passes betiveen these feed rolls, may be advanced easily and ivith certainty. As shoivn` the cooperative feed roll 14 is fixed on a shaft 15, the. ends of which are suitably journaled in the opposite sides of the main frame, this shaft having a pinion 1G .fixed thereon which lill) cooperates lwith a gearffl, the latter being fixed Ito theeshaft 8 of the main feed roll 7i.

The gears-16 and 17 have a gear ratio whichV is appropriate to the vratio between the di aine-ters of the feed rolls, and hence rotation ofl the main feed roll' will cause con` current rotation of the cooperative feed roll at the same peripheral speed as that of thek main feed roll.V

The main feed roll 7 is rotated to advance the ticket strip the length of a ticket at 4each operation by means which comprises, inthe first instance, a Geneval inovement'wliich Aincludes a toothed vWheel 18Which is fixed on the wheel18, and the actuatoralso embodies" -the shaft 19 journaled in suitable' bearings in the opposite sides of the main frame, this toothed wheel having toothvspaces 20 which have a definite relation tov-the registering pins 9 on the main feed' roll, the sha-ft 19- for spaces thereon, will cause angular rotationAv ofthe main'feed roll 7 which is equal to the angular spacing of adjacent registering pins thereon; The Geneva'movement also. com-l prises'aii actuator which eiiibodi'es an arm 23 which is lixed on a shaftv 2,4, this arm having a pin 25' which is arranged to operi,

ate successively in' the tooth spaces 20 `of a disk 261 which isy also fixedVV on the shaft 2i and has Va concentric portion on its pe'- riphery adapted to lit and revolve within arcuate portions 27 which are yformed in the periphery ofthe.r wheel 18V` in the intervals between the tooth spaces`20 "therein, these arcuateportions being concentric With the shaft 24. The di'sk 2,6 also hasy a cut-away portion 28 in itsperiphery which clears the wheel 18 while the actuating pin25 is oper'- ating in one of the tooth spaces of the wheel At other times, the: concentric portionI of thefdisk26 fits iiitoan arcuate portion 27 ofthe toothed Wheel 18, and thus locks the latter and also the main feed roll4 7 from" iiiovementin 'either direction( In Figure 1,y

the actuator arm 23 of the Geneva movement revolves 'in an anti-clockwisedirection, the

pin 25 on its arm yfirst enteringone of-the tooth spaces inthe wheel 18 by .movement which is substantially radial to the shaft 1,9," but thisactuatingpin 25 moves in an arev which is'v concentric with`theshaft'24, and hence continued movementv of the pin 2 5, '.fter it has engaged one of the tooth spaces 2i) of the wheel 18, will causethe "wheel 18 to rotate in'a clock-wiser directionxi(Figure` 1) with .a movement which accelerates as the pin moves further into the tooth-spaces,

although the rate of rotation ofthe shaft may be constantor. substantially so. yVlihi's accelerating movement in the 'rotation' of the 1 'the advance of the wheel 18 and the main feed roll T driven by it, and as the shaft 2e Vcontinues to rotate in the same direction, the rate of movement of the'vvheel 18 dimin-v ishes gradually until the `pin-25 passes out of the tooth space, at which time, the wheel 18 will be at rest, whereupon the concentric portion of the disk 26 engages the adjacent ar-y cuate portion 2T of the'` wheel 18, thus looking the latter and also the main feed roll? from movement in either direction. The actuator arm 23 makes one complete revolution at each operation of the machine and during the advance of the toothed wheel 18 in a clockwise directiom the main feed i'oll 7. is advanced man anti-clockwise direc-tion, the ticket strip being thus advanced one ticket length at each operation of the Geneva iiiovemeii't,` The shaft 24 which actuates the Geneva movement maybe driven in differentV` ways. In the present instance, -it is driven Vfrom lbngitudinally operating'shaft 29 af f manipulating part or handle, preferably the formofa crank 31, each single revolution of which operates to perform the various steps oi" theA cycle of operations of issu ing an appropriately marked ticket.

Y The marking device is preferably in the form ofa punch, which,` according to the present invention, is shiftable relatively to the ticketito bring it into position to punch any one of the selected spaces or portionsof the ticket intended to receive a designating mark. aswill appear from Figure 'is provided with a row of spaces'A, these spaces being. arranged longitudinally on each ticket, land the punching device fis shifting longit-udi-- .nallyy of the ticket strip so as to bring the punchinto vregister `with any one of these spaces that may be selected for the purpose of indicating the point of issue ofthe ticket,

Preferably, and as shown, the punch comp rises a die 32 upon which the edge ofthe ticket strip, which is provided with the spaces, rests, and a punch '38 which normally occupies a retracted position above thev plane of the ticket. ,Preferably andv ais shown, the punch is located inthe space between the feed rollers and the wall kof the casing throughwhich the tickets yare issued, and in 'or-der to properly support and guideV the ticket strip between these points, a guide In the present instance, the ticket V plate 34 having upper and lovverfmeinbers Yis mounted, the edge of the ticket opposite to the edge ,having the spaces'thereoniiiov ing through the guide plate, wherebyfthe, ticket strip 4is supported in Yproper positionl to co'opelratemwith the punchingidevi'ce. The die 32'is preferably formed Vas a partfof'a body 35, and the punch 33 is preteral'iiy guided to reciprocate in this bony in a direction transversely of the plane ot the ticket. A sprii 36 serves to retract e punch and normally retain it in retrz position7 and a collar Si on the upper end oit the punch arrainred cooperate viti a top plate 3S von the body wherelgrv the rctracting inovenient ci the punch is limited, A stein 39 on the punch projei'zts above the top plate SS and serifcs to actuatc the punch, The body Which carries the punch and its cooperating die ounted to slide on a bar 40, the latter being;` lined at etuis in brackets 40 and dill'` this bar extending longitudinally oit the portion ot Ythe ticket strip which spans the spaces bet-Ween the teed rollers and the wall oit he casing through which the tickets are issued. body 35 is .slidable or shittable lon j ly on this liar 4t() so that the punch may oe brought into register vrith any one ot the longitudinally spaced portions o' the ticket. 11i/leans is prtwided tor shitting this body il' together with the punch and its coope die along' the bar and tor also retainin it in any position to which .it may be shifted. Preferably, and as shown, such incans comprises a screw Llll which is iornied on a setting' shaft 42. the latter being journaled in bearings t3 and sul; in the opposite ends ot the niain ,tra-ine, this setting shatt being'provided W`th a knob fifa or equivalent means, on the exterior ot the casing` ot the machine, by which the shat't7 and in consequence the screw 41., may be rotated, as a result oit which the body 35 which carries the punch and its cooperatinc` die will be shitted longitu dinally along' the bar -l-O. In this Way, the punch may be ln'ougiht into a 'positioi'i to punch any one ot the several longitudinally divided spaces on the ticket atte.' the latter has been brought into cooperative relation with the puncl'iing;` device. En order to indicate the different settings of' the puncliing device to shoiv to the ticket purchaser hoiv the ticket is to be punched and also to aid the operator ot the n'iachinc in settingl it to punch the selected space inv the ticketu au indicator is provided which is set concurrently with the setting` oi the punching device. This indicator in the present instance coinprises a rotatable dial .LG which is liXed to a shaft L17, the latter beinejournaled in a suitable bearingT bracket 4 8., and the dial .shaft 4:7 is4 connected by gearing 49 to a shaft 507 the latter being' iournaled toward one end in the brackit 4S and at its opposite end in a bearingr 5l. on the main traine, and this shatt is connected by gearing' 52 to the setting` shatt 42. Reduction gearing is'pre'ferably used betrte e the shalit and 50 in order that the setting; sha-Ft may have a range et adjustment which includes a suitable number of revolutions ot' the setting shaft, although the Icomplete range o t n'ioveinent olf lthe dial may be comprised Y I 1 .i VW

Within one rei onition thereot. lhe peripherj,r et the di Y bears one or more sets ot numerals. or other characters corresponding t s *h ticket and these o the several spaces ou Ln, numerals or chai c-L'i are so arranged that the proper character will show tlu'ougrh a suitable opening; in the casino` vfheu the punching; device is set to punch the correspending' sinice in the ticket. For example, in the present instance. a sight openingA 53 may be provided in the 'trent otl the casing' ot the machine throiiicjh which the dilicrent numerals or cliaractcrs on the lower portion o1 the dial niav be obscured. and another Wall o'lf the casi 'i may lnivc a sight opening' 54 therein7 through which any one o'lthc numerals or characters oit the upper sot olf the dial. may be used. the latter sight opi-ming being used by the operator oit the n'iachinc as an aid. in setting the machine to punch a selected space on the ticket. Means is provided toi' actinitiner the punch at any position in which it may be set along the bar Ll0. Preferably and as shown, the punch actuating means comprises a bar 55 which extends longitudinally above the bar et() and in'iinediatclv above the path ot the scein 89 ot the punch so that th's7 stein oit the punch Will occupy a position immediately below the bar 55, irrespective ot the position along the bar l0 at which the punch may be sot. This actuating bar 55 is fixed at its ends to radial arms 5G, the latter in turn being fixed 'to a rock shaft This rock shaft is journaled at its ends in the brackets 43 and a8 and it is provided 'with an actuating' arin 5S which is connected by a link 59 to a lever Gl), the latter being pivoted on a pivot pin Gl which .is relatively fixed. The lever (SO is provided ivith a roller or projection which rides upon a cam (53 lined on the operationY shalft 29, the roller 62 being' held in engaeen'ient with the cam by a tension spring G4; which acts to pull doivn the link ''his spring likewise serves to restore the punch actuating bar 55 to its normally elevated position and to hold it in such position a'liter each actuation of the punch. The punch actuating' cani 63 is so set on the operating shaft that the continued rotation ot the operatingf shaft, after the Geneva inoveinent has advanced the ticket strip to position another ticket for punching this cani will act on the roller 62 to swing the lever (SO upwardly, thereby pushino' upuf'ardly the link 59 and rocking the shart 57 in a direction to dcpres. the bar 55, the latter bearing;l dovro upon the stein 39 ot the punch and thus torcin g1 the punch downwardly through Ythe space oil. the ticket registering' therewitln thus providing; the ticket with a perforation which designates the point o'l issue of the ticket7 as repli-esentled by the space in `ivhich thepunch markis jmade. The continued rotationottheoper- The severine' device `ivhich se )arates the m f,

punched or marked, ticket `from the remain.-

der of the ticketA strip ycomprises preferably astationary shear lor-knife meinben which isl ylocated immediately above the `path .of the ticket strip and against theundersideof which the ticketstripis `adaptedjtobfe'arr, anda movable knife orfshear'memher (V56,L

that shoivnibeing pivotedfat 67 totheupper stationary shear `@5f and having its cutting edge arran ged. rto coopera-te with the station` ary shear member to lcut the foremost ticket from the remainder of. the ticket Istrip. The m'ovableknife member 66 is-preferably openated at the proper moment kfromtheoperating shaft 29, it beingloperatively conneot+ ed by' at link 68 to a lever 69,.,the'llatter be.- ing pivoted on aV stationary pin 70 anjd carrying. a` -roller- -or pnojection' 7:1 adapted: to ride upon the shearoperating cam-72,` this cambeing fixed on theoperatingV shaft 29; A spring 73 aots-ztfoholdfgthe roller or 'projection 7l in engagement with the shearactuating cam' and fthis spring also servesto returnthe movableknife 66 toits normal inactive positiomias shown by the lfull lines in Figure 3; The shear factuatingcam 72 is so set on the operatingr shaft 29 that `the shear-is'operated tosever a ticket after such ticket has been punched and the' ticket strip has been advanced to project the-punched ticket throughthe'slotlQ and tobring another ticket forwardinto-.position for punchzn order to insure accurate punching ol"y each ticket 4and particularly to avoid punching fa ticket softhat the punch mank will be part-ly in one space on the ticket and partly7 in=` another adjacent space thereon, means preferably. used lto restrain` vrthe machine properly set tocorrectily punch the ticket. Suchl meanslconsists preferably of Vicone trolling disk 74s which isfiXed on the setting sha'tt 42 andis formed with notches-"75with whichl a dog` 76 may cooperateI under the actione of a spring 77, the notchesbeingfsoV locatedetha't each time Athe dog 76engafges one of these notches, 'the' fpunchzivi'll be: cor# rectly set to accurately punchaacorresponding space on the ticket. The dog His-serves to yieldingly -holdlthewsliaft 42-in-its different set positions, althoughthe dog 7 6 will be -displaced ftromftheH notch Ywhich it is arranged to a properly located notch 75y from. operation unless the machine has-been iss gages vWhen sujicient force is. applied; to the knobfl to turn` this shaft. lever 7.8

yis pii'oted at. 79 tofa.stationaryfpart of the machine andis provided with a locking dog 80 which, when the shaft `42 occupies a correct positiongl'o-r the"operat'ion of thepunch relatively to the different spaces on the disk, will swing `into a notch 75 inthedisk 74,

brought; fully into a Position it@ f properly ysetthe'ipunch, the dog 80 .Willi not. enter the notch. in .the .disk 74, but will .strike `upon' 'aportion ont ythe periphery ofthe disk, thus preventing a complete swing or n movement of vthe lever 78. VThis lever 7811's provided 'butuif .the setting shaft .42:11am notUbeen Y Witha spring 81 which normally acts to re'- tract thefdog5,8()relatively to the disk' 74.

The operating shaft29 has a'disk or other suitable member 82fixed1thereon and this .disk is provided with a shoulder SBwvhich o strike .avstop 84. on the lever 7S when the operatingl shafty 29y has co1nV pletedk an operation, it being-r understood that the shaft 29 is revolved.inaclockwise direction, as shown ,in Figure 5, to effect anv operation of the machine.r VTheengagement of the shoulder 83 yonthe disk 82 with the stop 84 on the lever 78'wi1l `thus lock the machine. from operation until the lever. 78 issu/ung .through .an'angle sufficientto .remove thl'stop S/tthereon from the path oit',Y movementoflfthe shoulder 83.` Unlocking is ellfectedA preferably .ai pro- 1ection85 which. is iixedxto the disk82. and is arranged in thev path of alngerrSG formed on a. ratchet 87, the latter :being pivoted-at88 .onthe-lever 78 and normally held. in the path of the, projection Ibya .spring 89, ka stop 90 on the lever, 78 limiting the movement loi` theI 4latch under -the influenceroi? the spring89- `thisarrangement a.4 reverse or anticlockwise rotation ofthe operating: .shaft Figure `5).,as .a preliminariy to the ruztuating or clockwise notation'fo'tthis shaft, Willcause the projection 85 on the .disk82 to move to the right-in Figure, thus bringing it against theendof thefinger 86, and the latter, being attachedfto the lever 78, .will cause .said lever to vswing in a ydirection to force the ,dog 80 thereoninto in thegdisk 74. li the shaft 4 2 has' been properly set, one of thenotches 75 in the-'disk 74 Willregister with the dog r80 and the latter may :theres loro enter the notch .sufliciently tio enable the lstop 84 onsthe lever 7 8, =to belsijvung, clear ot-thepathot the ltooth or shoulder 83 on the disk 82, and when the lever 78 hasbeen swung or displaced toqthis extent, a: retaining Vlatch 91, whichl is piMoted'atvQQ- :to a.

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unlocked position, the stop 84C being clear ot the tooth or shoulder S3 ot the disk 82, While the dog 8() is locked in a notch 7 5 in the disk 7112. The shatt 29 may then be rotated in a forward direction through a completo revolution which will periiorm a complete cycle ot oijierations-ivithin the machine, and the final part oitv this revolution ot the sha't't 2O .vill cause Va pin 9G, which projects 'trom one side oit the disk 82. to ride upon a. beveled part 9701i theV latch 91, thus pushingr the tooth 94 on the latch out ot engagement ivith the notch 95 inthe lever 7S, and the latter actingV under the influence ot its spring'Sl will restore the lever 78 to its uoruial position, `with the Stop 84 thereon in the path ot the tooth or shoulder S23. on the disk 82, the enfrragement ot the tooth or shoulder S3 with the stop Sfiarrestingr the rotation ot the operating shai't 29 atr the completion ot a single revolution thereot. Thus. after the machine has been properly set to punch a ticket, it may bc unlocked and operated to efliect such punching', but while vthe machine is being operated to punch the ticket, the punch setting` means is locked against any change until atter the selected punching` has been completed, and turthermore only one ticket can be punched and issued at each ope ation ot the machine. It it should happen tiat the shai't i2 has not been set correctly to etlect a selected punching, the dog 80, when the trame 78 is displaced by preliminary reverse rotation of the shatt- 29, Will strike a portion oit' the periphery ot the disk 7 t, thus preventing a complete movement oit the trame 78. The tooth 9 4: on the latch 91 will not engage the notch 95, and hence the stop 84ton the lever 78 will not be held out ot the path ot the tooth or shoulder 83 on the disk S2. Rota" tion ot the shaft 29 in `torward direction to eti'ect the operation ot the machine, will then be prevented until the sha-tt l2 has been properly set.

The mode ot operation ot the machine may be described brietly as Aliollou's: The punch or marking' device is brought into the proper position to correctly punch or niark the selected space or portion ot the ticket by rotating' the knob or handle 45 iu the proper direction until the numeral or character on the dial` visible through the sight opening, corresponds with the space or portion of the ticket which is to be pimched or marked. With the machine set to punch or mark the ticket in the selected manner, the crank-3l is partially revolved first in a reverse direction, which serves to unlock this crank for forward rotation and to lock the,

setting means to prevent any change in the setting ot the punch duringy the punching operation. The crank 3l is then rotated through a full revolution and returned substantially to its' initial position. The first part ot this forward revolution ot the crank causes the camitl to actuate the punch to peitoratc or niark in au equivalent way, the selected space or portion ol the ticket; the continued rotation oi" the crav k in a vforward direction causes the Geneva movement to actuate the teed niechanism to advance thil ticket strip through a predetermined and definite advanceI which will project the marked ticket through the slot'ly and will bring the nent ticket on the strip into eooperative relation With the punching device so that the different mark receiving; spares on this ticket will corrcspoml accurately with the different positions in `\.'hicl\. the punchingy device may be set. The tiual portion ot the forward rotation ot they crank fil brings the cam 72 into operation whereby the knite blade 6G is actuated to sever the punched ticket trom the ticket strip, thc punched ticket being thereby delivered upon the chute or shelf. The operation oi the handle 3l is arrested by the stop 94 on the lever 7S `which returns to a position in tront oit the shoulder 83 on the disk Si?. the lever 7S being tripped during;` the final portion ot the rotation oit the shaft 29, by the pin 9G. which releases the tooth 94 ot the latch 9i from the notch 95 in the lever 78, so that oni` tic tet only may be issued at each operation ot the machine. When the cycle ot operations has been completed. the machine is in condition tor similar subsequent (meratiou and the next ticket may be issued either Without changing the setting' ot the punclr inc; and marking` device or aitcr the setting has been changed, as may be required.

While a punching device is herein shown andv deserihed as the means tor marking the selected designatint,lr space ot the ticket or equivalent device, it will be understood that other YForms o'll marking means .iv he used. although punching means is prctcrably used for this purpose because ot the advantages which it. possesses over other types ot marl:- inn devices.

Means may he provided, as shoivu in Fig;V ures l and 8 tor teedirp` the last ticket or tickets oi the strip trom the machine. such nie-ans preferably cou'iprising' a roller l0() which is fixed to a shaft and is arraiig'ed and adapted to 'trictionally bear upon the portion ot the ticket strip resting ou the guide pla-te 341. One end ot tho shalt 10'! nojects through one side otthe marhiin` to the exterior thereof and is provided with a knurled head or other suitable operating part 102 which may be manipulated manually by the operator olf the machine to advance the final portion ot the ticket strip att-er the same has passed bevond the main 'feed roller 7.

I claim as my invention l. ln a ruaclrine tor marking' tickets. the combination ot means for feeding a ticket MAS,v

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being relatively movable in a'direction lon-.t

,f fitudinallyy of thestrip Lto 'cause .registration between the marking ,device In a machine for 'marking tickets, the combination of vmeans for feeding a ticket .strip longitudinally to position a ticket having ajroiv of spaces arranged longitudinally thereon, anda marking device capable ot marking any one of they spaces of aticket, the marking device and ticket being rela-v tively movable in a direction longitudinally of the ticket strip tol bring the marking device into registration with any selccted space on the ticket.

In a machine for marking tickets, the combination of means for feeding a ticket strip longitudinally to position a ticket having a series of spaces arranged longitudinally thereon. a single'marking device shiftable relatively in a direction longitudinally of ,said series of spaces and the ticket strip to bring the marking device into registration with any selected space ot the series, and

means for setting the marking device tok register twith any selected space on the ticket.

f 4. In a machine for marking tickets each having a row of. designating spaces arranged longitudinally thereon, the combination of means for advancing such a ticket longitudinally to bring it into.` a predetermined position, and a .marking device shiftablev longitudinally of the ticket so 'positioned to bring it into registration `With any select-` ed designating spaceV thereon.

5. In a machine for marking tickets each having a row of designating spaces arranged longitudinally thereon, thecombination of means foradvancing such ticket and for holding it in a relativelytixed predetermined position, a marking device shiftable longitudinally of the ticket to bring it into registration with any selected designating space thereon, and a noirshittable actuator for the marking device Which maintains operative relation with the marking device throughout the range ofshifting movement of the latter.

6. In a machine for marking tickets each having a series of designating spaces thereon, the combination of means for positioning such a ticketr` marking means, the latter and the ticket being relatively movable to bring the marking means into registra-L tion with a selected designating space of the ticket, means for actuating the marking means, and means controlled by the setting of the marking means relatively `to the ticket for restraining operation of the actuating and any selected ating the marking device, and controlling means governed by said member to pre`r vent actuation of the marking device eX cept when the' latter is set the selected 8. In a marking device, the combination to correctly mark designating space on the ticket.

of means for positioning a ticket to ber marked, a marker shiftabl'e relatively to the ticket into different positions to bring it into registrationyivith any one of a plurality parts of the ticket to be marked anda non-shiftable actuator Which is elongated in the direction kof shift of the marker to remain f in actuating relation therewith throughout the range of shiftingcmovement of the marker. n

9. Infa ticket punching machine, the combination of means for positioning a ticket having a vplurality of designating spaces thereon, a punch shiftable into 'different positions tobring it into registration with any selected space onsuch ticket, and an actuator comprising a bar extending in the direction of shift of the punch to remain in actuating relation therewith throughout its range of shifting movement andreciprocatory to aetuate the punch.

10. In a machine for marking a ticket having al longitudinal rour of designating spaces, the combination of .means cooper- 4ative With one longitudinal edge of the ticket to support it, and a markingdevice movable along and supporting the opposite longitudinal edge of the ticket and adapted to assume different positions longitudinally of the ticket and in registrationwvith any selected designating space on the ticket.

1l. In -a machine for marking a ticket having a row of designating spaces, the combination of means for positioning such ticket, a punch capable of punching any one of such spaces, a guide bar along which said punch is slidable. to bring it into registration with any selected space on the ticket, and a scren7 arranged parallel to said guide bar and cooperative with the punch to shift the' latter. f f

12. In a machine for marking and issuillk tickets from a ticket strip, each ticket having a rovv ot designating spaces thereon, means shiftable longitudinally of such row of spaces and operative on such yticket to markany selected designating space` thereon means operative subsequently to advance the ticket in a direction longitudinally oi its row ot designating spaces and, to bring another ticket into predetermined position, and means operative finally to sever the marked and advanced ticket from the lemainder of the ticket strip.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto sot my hand in presence of two subscribing;

P. H. BARNES. 

